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Portraiture

Prince Albert was an early adopter of portrait photography

HUGHES & MULLINS (1883-1917)

Anne Margaret, Countess of Rosbery (d.1882)

1888 after an original of 1866

Carbon print | 8.3 x 5.3 cm (image) | RCIN 2911480

Photograph of a full length portrait of Anne Margaret, Countess of Rosebery seated on a chair, facing three-quarters to the left. She looks ahead, away from the camera. She leans her right hand on a table positioned beside her and places her left hand in her lap.
  • Creator(s)

    Hughes & Mullins (1883-1917) (photographer)

    Subject(s)

    Anne Margaret, Countess of Rosbery (d.1882)
  • annotation: The Countess of Rosebery./ 1866/ Reproduced & Printed in Carbon 1888. [beneath work]

  • 8.3 x 5.3 cm (image)

    9.6 x 6.3 cm (mount)

    22.7 x 18.0 cm (page dimensions)

  • Acquired by Queen Victoria

  • Object type(s)
      • visual works
        • albums
          • photograph albums
        • photographs